President Biden has signed into law an annual defense bill for the United States, which authorizes $770 billion in spending for the 2022 fiscal year.The National Defense Authorization Act makes provision for 5% more military spending than the current year.It was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives.Jury deliberations in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell resumed on Monday, although jurors said they were not close to reaching a verdict.Prosecutors accused the girlfriend of the late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein of recruiting underage girls for him.The case centers on the testimony of four women who detailed how Maxwell groomed them and sometimes participated in their abuse.The authorities in Israel have sealed off a popular nature reserve after more than 5,000 migratory cranes died of bird flu.The government is culling chickens as a precautionary measure and is warning of a shortage of poultry and eggs.On Sunday, the Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met his national security advisor to discuss ways of containing the virus.An animal shelter in the United States said it was given more than 800 parakeets last week all by the same person.Staff said they'd been a Christmas present they weren't expecting.Alfie Tubert takes up the story.The Detroit Animal Welfare group said it was shocked when a man showed up at its shelter on Thursday with seven cages, crammed full with nearly 500 parakeets.But the last thing staff expected was the same person to return on Sunday with another 339.
